Update: SU reverses decision, opens speech by Obama adviser to public and press

Jason Furman is the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. Furman is one of President Obama's top economic advisers. He will speak at SU's Maxwell School from noon to 1 p.m. Friday.White House photo

Washington -- Syracuse University officials Thursday reversed their decision to make a visit by one of President Obama's top economic advisers an off-the-record event that was closed to the press.

SU's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs said the address by Jason Furman on Friday will be an on-the-record event that is open to the public and the press.

Furman, assistant to the president for economic policy and principal deputy director of the National Economic Council, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 220 of SU's Eggers Hall.

Furman will deliver an address on "Economic Policy Making in the Obama Administration."

Maxwell School officials initially agreed to keep Furman's remarks to the public off-the-record. The speech also was closed to the press.

The dean of SU's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, had been critical of the initial decision to bar media from a public address.

For live coverage of Furman's address, visit Syracuse.com on Friday. You can join the conversation on the website and on Twitter using the hashtag #FurmanSU throughout the day.